Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

FCA ‘Concerned’ About Binance Accessing UK Payments Network
FCA ‘Concerned’ About Binance Accessing UK Payments Network
February 16, 2022  |  Regulation

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Wednesday (Feb. 16) expressed concern about a deal that gives cryptocurrency exchange Binance access to U.K. payments...

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FSB Tells National Regulators to Move Faster on Stablecoin Regulation
FSB Tells National Regulators to Move Faster on Stablecoin Regulation
February 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If there’s one message about the need to regulate stablecoins that emerges from a report issued today by the Financial Stability Board on the growing...

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US Rep Introduces Bill to Protect Crypto Wallets
US Rep Introduces Bill to Protect Crypto Wallets
February 16, 2022  |  Crypto Wallet

A member of the Blockchain Caucus on Capitol Hill has introduced legislation to prohibit regulators from limiting the personal use of convertible virtual currency to...

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US Draft Bill on Stablecoins Offers Safe Harbor for Issuers
US Draft Bill on Stablecoins Offers Safe Harbor for Issuers
February 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Congressman Josh Gottheimer released on Tuesday, Feb. 15 a draft of the Stablecoin Innovation and Protection Act of 2022, a piece of legislation that aims...

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FSB Sounds the Alarm of Crypto Assets’ Growing Threats
FSB Sounds the Alarm of Crypto Assets’ Growing Threats
February 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto assets are quickly evolving, and their scale could reach a point where they would pose a great risk to global financial stability, the Financial...

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Toomey, Other US Senators Traded Crypto in Past Year
Toomey, Other US Senators Traded Crypto in Past Year
February 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Congress has been looking into crypto in a different way lately, as around eight lawmakers, or their immediate family, have traded them in the last...

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Treasury Official Tells Senate Hearing Stablecoin Regulation Should be ‘Clear and Consistent’
Treasury Official Tells Senate Hearing Stablecoin Regulation Should be ‘Clear and Consistent’
February 15, 2022  |  Regulation

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, said in a meeting recently that there should be more...

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Coinbase Offers Crypto Remittances to Mexico, Challenges Western Union
Coinbase Offers Crypto Remittances to Mexico, Challenges Western Union
February 15, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase is getting into international money transfers, joining a mammoth market dominated by big companies like Western Union, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 15)....

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Today in Crypto: JPMorgan Seeks Rules for Crypto Hedging; Binance Smart Chain now BNB Chain
Today in Crypto: JPMorgan Seeks Rules for Crypto Hedging; Binance Smart Chain now BNB Chain
February 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Binance Smart Chain (BSC), which is the base blockchain for Binance, is rebranding itself and looking at expanding, according to a CoinDesk report Tuesday (Feb....

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